Paper tray.



PA'IENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

No'. 823,847; I

P. B. DAVIDSON.

PAPER TRAY.

APPLICATION FILE-D 00T.10. 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.-

32v WMUW PATENTED JUNE '19, 1906. P. B. DAVIDSON.

PAPER TRAY. APPLIOATIQN FILED 00T.10. 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

'II I r 25 tray.

' 45 segments.

' UNrrEn STATE PA mnroFEIoE FRANK B. DAVIDSON, or MARsEILLEs, ILLINOIS, 'ASSIGNOR TO THE HOWE & DAVIDSON COMPANY, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, '"'\RATION OF NEW'JERSEY.

APER ThAY.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

i 'Patented. June 19, 1906.

To all whomiit may concern/.-

I Be it known that I, FRANK B. DAVIDSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marseilles, in the county of Lasalle and State of 5 Illinois, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Paper Trays; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

' clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawlngs, and-t0. the letters of reference marked thereongwhich form a part of'this specificav -tion.

This invention relates to improvements in trays made of pasteboard and like flexible material and provided with a flat bottom and with a rim or rim-segments and adapted to be arra ed in superposed order within a pail or the li e, each tray bein adapted to be filled with merchandise and t e tray-bottoms 2o constituting horizontal separatorsto se arate the layers of merchandise sup orte in I the trays. Each tra (excepting t e lower- -most one) is adapte to'be-su ported upon the rim or rim-so ment of tlie next lower In the use '0 saidtra s the firston'e is set in the bottom of the pai either before or after it has been filled, the second traybeing similarly filled and set upon the rim or rimsegments of i he first or bottomtra and so on until all thetrays are placed in t' e pail.

Among the objects of my invention is to sim lify and reduce-the cost of production of suc 1 trays; and [a further object of the invention is to facilitate the forming of the trays 3 5 from the blanks and to facilitate their insertion into and removal from the pail.

My invention relates to the complete tray, as well as the blank from which it is made.

' As shown in the drawings, Figure 1 is a 40 plan view of a cut and scored blankfrom which one form of my improved tray is made.

' Fig. .2 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the bottom of the tray when set up and showing one ofthe rim- Fig. 3 illustrates the manner in which said trays are fitted in a pail... Fig. 4 is a top lan view of a tray made generally like that s own in the other figures. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the tray shown in'Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 5. As shown in said drawings, A, Fig. l, designates as a whole'the blank in fiat form from which the tray shown in Figs. 2 and 3 is made. The centralpart'a of the blank, or that constituting the bottom, is made of generally circular contour and is provided with a plurality of marginal flaps a, which are separated from the bottom portion by straight score-lines (1. the flaps being adapted to be folded upwardly on said score-lines at right angles to the bottom a to constitute rim-segments. Four of such flaps are herein shown, though there may be a greater or less number thereof. Said mar inal flaps a are herein shown as made oi the score-lines a referred to. The said bases of the triangular flaps extend beyond the score-lines a at. the sides of the flaps, and

such extensions constitute tongues a", which The triangular form, with I their straight bases joined to the bottom at said tongues a are adapted when the flaps are folded upwardly to constitute the rimsegment referred to to rest with their inner or lower straight margins against the u or face of the bottom, as shown in Fig. 2. r en the flap is thus folded upwardly and placed in a pad, the ton ues a are curved inwardly to conform :to t e curvature of said mar inalparts a. of the bottom. The outer en s of the triangular flaps a are se arated from the body of the flaps by scoreines a and the terminal ends or tabs 0. of the flaps are adapted, when the blank is folded to form the tray, to be folded horizontally or, at right angles to the vertical or main portion of the flaps, as shown in Fi 3. The tabs a constitute, in effect, hand es which are grasped to handle the tray, as when insertin it into and removing it from a pail or t e like, and also identical with the blank A of the first-described tray, with the exception that the main parts of the flapsa, are provided with parallel slits a7, Fi s.- 5 and 6, which when the flaps are folde upwardly are vertical, and the rim-strip .B is laced through said slits when said flaps are folded upwardly. Preferably the meeting ends of the strip, constituting the endless rim, meet at one of the extensions or tabs in overlapping relation, as shown in Fig. 6, thereby constituting a frictional connection between the ends of the rim-strip, which is sufficient to hold the same in place without resorting to additional fastening means. The terminal tabs a of the tray shown in Figs. 4 to 6, inclusive, are

of the same general form and perform the same functions as do the like terminal tabs shown in Figs. 1 to 3. In the last-described construction, however, each tray is supported from a subjacent tray throughout its entire eriphery. Moreover, in said last-described permits a filled tray bein' handled without iability of the contents fal lng from the tray.

I claim as my invention 1. Asubstantiall circular tra consisting of two pieces of s eet materia, to wit,a main part constituting a fiat bottom and provided with a lurality of separated marginal flaps which are folded upwardly on score-lines which meet the curved margins of the bottom at the sides of the flaps, and a strip which extends around the margin of the construction the continuous rim B bottom, with its lower ed e in contact with said margin, and with mi flaps forms a rim therefor, said strip being inserted through slits in said flaps.

2. A tray having a flat circular bottom and four marginal triangular flaps arranged equidistant from each other, and folded upwardly from said bottom at right angles thereto, said tray comprising a blank of substantially rectangular form having its side margins between its corner portions of convexly-curved form to constitute parts of the margin of the circular flat bottom, and its corner portions shaped to form the four triangular flaps, which flaps are separated at the sides there'- of from the curved marginal parts of the bottom, by notches, the inner ends of which meet the lines of fold at the bases of the flaps, said notches forming on the flaps lateral extensions the inner margins of which, in the blank, constitute straight continuationsggfi said lines of fold, and which in the finished tra'y are bent inwardly to conform to the curvature of the said curved marginal parts,

of the bottom.

In testimong my invention of two witnesses, A. D. 1904.

that I claim the foregoing as aflix my signature, in presence this 22d day of September,

FRANK B. DAVIDSON.

I Witnesses: v

C. CLARENCE Poona, HOWELL BATTLE. 

